SEASON-OPENING WEEKEND
Cincinnati at No. 5/7 LSU
Game 1 | 7 p.m. Friday
Game 2 | 2 p.m. Saturday
Game 3 | Noon Sunday
WHERE: Alex Box Stadium
2015 RECORDS: Cincinnati 15-41, 6-18 AAC
LSU 54-12, 21-8 SEC (first place)
RADIO: 98.1-FM or 100.7-FM (Baton Rouge), 870-AM (NOLA)
TV: SEC Network+
ON THE WEB: NOLA.com/lsu
TWITTER: @RandyRosetta, @LSUBaseball
LAST MEETING/SERIES | The teams have played once, with the Bearcats winning 10-4 at home in 1954.
RANKINGS
LSU | No. 5 USA Today (coaches). No.5 PerfectGame.org, No.7 NCBWA (writers), No. 7 Collegiate Baseball, No. 11 Baseball America
PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS
(2015 statistics)
Friday | Cincinnati, Jr. RH Andrew Zellner (2-5, 3.63 ERA, 69.1 IP, 57 SO/32 BB) vs. LSU, Jr. LH Jared Poche (9-2, 3.05 ERA, 109.1 IP, 72 SO/25 BB, .248 opponent BA)
Saturday | Cincinnati, TBA vs. LSU, So. RH Alex Lange (12-0, 1.97 ERA, 114 IP, 131 SO/46 BB, .212 opponent BA)
Sunday | Cincinnati, TBA vs. LSU, Sr. LH John Valek (6-6, 3.25 ERA, 99.2 IP, 62 SO/26 BB, .232 opponent BA)
OFFENSIVE LEADERS
(2015 statistics)
Cincinnati — 2B Kyle Mottice .233, 23 R, 2 2B, 2 3B, 1 HR, 13 RBIs; 3B Devin Wenzel .222, 30 R, 15 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR, 32 RBIs; 1B Connor McVey (2014) .267, 20 R, 3 2B, 2 3B, 1 HR, 15 RBIs
LSU — OF Jake Fraley .307, 50 R, 11 2B, 5 3B, 2 HR, 35 RBIs, 23-29 SB; 2B Kramer Robertson .232, 10 R, 5 RBIs
Cincinnati at LSU: On deck
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